Aerobic Fitness and Cognitive Development: Event-Related Brain Potential and Task Performance Indices of Executive Control in Preadolescent Children

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 114-129

  Hillman, Charles H ^a   Buck, Sarah M ^a   Themanson, Jason R ^a   Pontifex, Matthew B ^a   Castelli, Darla M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive control; error related negativity; exercise; P3; physical activity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE;

BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 58449094251     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014437     Document Type: Article

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